UV Sterilizer in Red Sea Reefer 350??

[gbroadbridge]

I stand corrected and find the same figure listed here.

As an example a 57w AquaUV would provide ~280,000 uw/cm2 and ~3x turnover on a 100 gallon (actual) system. As mentioned, this is what I initially installed but had issues with stray voltage causing my heater controller to misbehave. But YMMV.

Thanks for the additional link!

Too many folks are sold undersized UV's and then don't understand how they get hit with ich.

 

[jmichaelh7]

I just run a bigger UV without flow meter and

 

[RGoltz]

That’s awesome. Come to my house!

 

[aaron186]

I finally plumbed my tank. Figured I would share. Going to algae control so I just put it off the return and am using a flow meter. Let me know what you think

 

[jmichaelh7]

I finally plumbed my tank. Figured I would share. Going to algae control so I just put it off the return and am using a flow meter. Let me know what you think

Looking sweet with that pvc

Are you able to adjust your return pump speed for parasites and algae depending on the day?

 

[aaron186]

Looking sweet with that pvc

Are you able to adjust your return pump speed for parasites and algae depending on the day?

I haven’t put water in tank yet but probably not. The max flow rate recs for the Pentair 25 watt UV sterilizer is 790 for algae and 79 for parasites. 790ish is roughly 10x turnover for a 75 gal tank which is within the range most people turnover their sumps (I’ll probably do less but that will improve UV performance). But a 1x turnover needed for parasites I think it a bit too low. I supposed I could do it for a day or so but I don’t know if that’s worth it. I’m mostly running the UV to eliminate as much maintenance as possible on the tank… hoping to reduce glass scraping and what not. I’m also running filter roller and auto water changes for that reason

 

[drawman]

I haven’t put water in tank yet but probably not. The max flow rate recs for the Pentair 25 watt UV sterilizer is 790 for algae and 79 for parasites. 790ish is roughly 10x turnover for a 75 gal tank which is within the range most people turnover their sumps (I’ll probably do less but that will improve UV performance). But a 1x turnover needed for parasites I think it a bit too low. I supposed I could do it for a day or so but I don’t know if that’s worth it. I’m mostly running the UV to eliminate as much maintenance as possible on the tank… hoping to reduce glass scraping and what not. I’m also running filter roller and auto water changes for that reason

How is the plumbing working out for you? Did you have to support the pipe at all?

 

[aaron186]

How is the plumbing working out for you? Did you have to support the pipe at all?

Check my build thread. This tank ended up leaking from seems in display but the plumbing was fine. I did something similar on my 425 and it’s going well